Darren Criss and girlfriend Mia Swier touch down at JFK airport in New York City on Friday afternoon (March 28).

While wheeling their bags out to their awaiting ride, Darren, 27, was spotted by autograph seekers and gladly signed away before heading to their hotel.

“Guys like Blaine who fancied themselves as the alpha in high school get all kinds of confused and challenged with his new place, in this new world with his fiance and the other people he meets. He’s re-establishing his ego in a new city,” Darren shared with THR on Blaine’s future on Glee.

He continued, “When you live with somebody you’re involved with for the first time, there’s a lot of things that happen as a result of that. Blaine starts not feeling like he’s who he used to be and goes through a bit of a slump. You get that depression with leaving home and not really knowing who you are anymore. I like that because it’s real. When you move somewhere new you think about what you’re doing there, and it’s not all rainbows and sunshine a la Glee; it’s real life.”